Tag: US military presence

Categories USA

Trump vetoes the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021, sends it back to Congress

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President Donald Trump has vetoed an annual military spending bill worth $740 billion, sending it back to Congress. The bill included a number of partisan amendments, including a block on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. … Read More >Trump vetoes the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021, sends it back to Congress

Categories Middle East

Zarif Urges US to Get Out of Afghanistan, Accuses Trump of Using Taliban Talks for Electioneering

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US Acting Secretary of Defence Chris Miller paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, meeting with President Ashraf Ghani and discussing military aid and security issues. The US and the Taliban signed a peace deal in Doha in February, with the US committing to pulling NATO troops out of the country in exchange for intra-Afghan peace talks. … Read More >Zarif Urges US to Get Out of Afghanistan, Accuses Trump of Using Taliban Talks for Electioneering

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Ex-UK ambassador: War on Syria continues with US occupation, sanctions, propaganda

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Former UK ambassador to Syria Peter Ford on how the US and its allies continue to wage war on Syria via sadistic sanctions, an illegal US military occupation, the OPCW cover-up, and media propaganda that masks the brutality. … Read More >Ex-UK ambassador: War on Syria continues with US occupation, sanctions, propaganda

Categories World

2021’s Most Pressing Humanitarian Crises Are All Victims of US War, Regime Change

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The International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) yearly report on the world’s most pressing humanitarian situations has just been published, with the three most disastrous cases — Yemen, Afghanistan, and Syria — all the product of decades of interventionist U.S. foreign policy. … Read More >2021’s Most Pressing Humanitarian Crises Are All Victims of US War, Regime Change

Categories World

Pentagon lost track of over HALF of ‘sensitive’ equipment provided to Afghanistan’s military – watchdog

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The US military has failed to keep track of assorted “sensitive” devices such as night-vision devices, surveillance systems, and other kit it provided to the Afghan government, a US watchdog has found. … Read More >Pentagon lost track of over HALF of ‘sensitive’ equipment provided to Afghanistan’s military – watchdog

Categories Shows

Qassem Soleimani’s daughter: My father saved the world from ISIS & Al-Qaeda, Trump is a monster!

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On this world exclusive episode of Going Underground, we speak to Zeinab Soleimani, the daughter of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the United States earlier this year on the orders of Donald Trump. She discusses how she found out about her father’s assassination, her father’s battles against ISIS and Al-Qaeda, the presence of US troops in the Middle East … Read More >Qassem Soleimani’s daughter: My father saved the world from ISIS & Al-Qaeda, Trump is a monster!

Categories Middle East

Cancers, Strokes, Birth Defects: Iraq Reportedly Plans to Sue US Over Depleted Uranium Use

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The United States first used depleted uranium (DU) ammunition against Iraq during the Gulf War of 1990-1991, and then again during the 2003 invasion. According to available estimates, the US contaminated Iraq with at least 2,320 tonnes of the highly toxic substance, with DU affecting both American servicemen and Iraq’s civilian population. … Read More >Cancers, Strokes, Birth Defects: Iraq Reportedly Plans to Sue US Over Depleted Uranium Use

Categories Asia & Pacific

US agrees to return 12 military sites to South Korea, but cleanup costs issue remains unresolved

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After years of squabbling over the issue, the US returned 12 American military sites to South Korea on Friday. The move unblocks development efforts, but talks will continue on who will shoulder environmental cleanup costs. … Read More >US agrees to return 12 military sites to South Korea, but cleanup costs issue remains unresolved